Zubdat al-Tawarikh (TIEM 1973) explained

The Zubdat al-Tawarikh ('Cream of Histories') is an Ottoman genealogy written in Turkish nashki script by calligrapher Sayyid Loqman Aşuri and illuminated throughout with miniatures by painters al-Sayyid Lutfi, Molla Kasım (Mulla Qasim) and Ustad Osman and their workshop, in 1583, for Sultan Murad III.^[1] The manuscript is in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul (TIEM 1973).^[2]

Sources

• Web site: Kutluay . Sevgi . 2023 . Zubdat al-Tawarikh ('Cream of Histories') . Discover Islamic Art . Museum With No Frontiers.
• Book: Minorsky, V. . A Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts and Miniatures . Hodges Figgis & Co. Ltd. . 1958 . The Chester Beatty Library . 21-5.

Further reading

• Book: Ölcer, Nazan . In Pursuit of Excellence: Works of Art from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts . Grabar . Oleg . Ahmet Ertug . 1993 . Istanbul . 42, 52-6 .
• Renda . G'nsel . 1978 . The Miniatures of the Zubdat Al- Tawarikh . Turkish Treasures (Culture / Art / Tourism Magazine) . 1 . 26-35.
• Shareef . Fatima . A Critical Edition of Zubdat Al-Tawrikh of Nurul Haq Mashriqe Dehlavi . 2008 . PhD . Aligarh Muslim University .

Notes and References

1. Minorsky 1958, pp. 21–5.
2. Kutluay 2023.